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AOS Helps Ericsson Execute Corporate Strategy in the UK
ACG's UK division, plus consultancy ltd., has implemented AOS for dozens
of its clients in the UK and Europe. 
Client
Ericsson is the world's leading supplier in telecommunications with the largest customer base, including the world's top 10 operators. Since 1876, Ericsson has been active worldwide and today operates in more than 140 countries.
Assignment
Ericsson approached plus consultancy to deliver a solution to consolidate and analyze their worldwide accounts receivable position. "Every country in western Europe used a different system" said Mark Peel, Global A/R On-Line product manager. Ericsson required a solution that would present a consistent picture of the debt position at a local and global level using a secure and intuitive web-based tool.
plus consultancy had already worked with Ericsson in the UK delivering a powerful and flexible EIS to financial users and a separate system to cost center managers. They now turned their hand to delivering a strategic application to meet corporate requirements in a very-short timescale while maximizing ROI.
Solution
A working prototype was turned around in nine days. This allowed Market Unit and Business Controllers to analyze their debt position with internal and external customers using a browser. The technologies chosen were:
- The ACG Active OLAP Suite (AOS)
- Oracle Express
- Oracle 8i
Crucially, the application allowed users to view their aged debt by customer and geography using a simple but powerful interface minimizing the need for training. The real power of the application however, was in its ability to "reach-through" and present invoice level information detail once the high-level analysis had been performed and areas of interest had been highlighted
The system is hosted in Sweden and has been rolled out to in excess of twenty countries so far with at least another twenty on the horizon. In Holland, the first country to embrace the application, the accounts receivable of their two main customers was reduced by 12.5% and 63.9% respectively in the first three months of use.
plus consultancy
plus consultancy is able deliver this kind of ROI by understanding the
importance of corporate strategy and knowing from experience how best
to implement it. Furthermore, the level of trust required to successfully
collaborate and make the project succeed comes from consistently delivering
high quality solutions to Ericsson.
For more information on plus consultancy please visit www.plusconsultancy.co.uk.
